Comments on: Oud, Rich Oud http://perfumeposse.com/2009/02/26/oud-rich-oud/ Perfume Reviews from Around the World, as long as the Credit Card Holds out. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:46:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Miami Mark http://perfumeposse.com/2009/02/26/oud-rich-oud/#comment-125065 Miami Mark Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:41:11 +0000 http://perfumeposse.com/2009/02/26/oud-rich-oud/#comment-125065 Saw Watchmen last night at midnight. I liked it a lot and think Zach Snyder did an incredible job at getting a lot of the graphic novel up there on the screen. My only slight complaint is there is one critical scene towards the end of the movie that fell very flat for me and took a lot of the air out of the movie before picking back up to the end. It is definitely worth seeing on an IMAX screen as there is so much stuff to see in the background it is going to take at least one more viewing to pick up most of it. Saw Watchmen last night at midnight.
I liked it a lot and think Zach Snyder did an incredible job at getting a lot of the graphic novel up there on the screen.
My only slight complaint is there is one critical scene towards the end of the movie that fell very flat for me and took a lot of the air out of the movie before picking back up to the end.
It is definitely worth seeing on an IMAX screen as there is so much stuff to see in the background it is going to take at least one more viewing to pick up most of it.

]]> By: Louise http://perfumeposse.com/2009/02/26/oud-rich-oud/#comment-123892 Louise Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:47:28 +0000 http://perfumeposse.com/2009/02/26/oud-rich-oud/#comment-123892 The Paris and London stores are owned by the same company; they also have a website with great CS! The Paris and London stores are owned by the same company; they also have a website with great CS!

]]> By: Elle http://perfumeposse.com/2009/02/26/oud-rich-oud/#comment-123886 Elle Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:50:25 +0000 http://perfumeposse.com/2009/02/26/oud-rich-oud/#comment-123886 That oud sounds fantastic! High on my list of things to do post imaginary lottery win is to hit Arabian Aoud and satisfy all of my oud cravings. Love the stuff! I am tragically out of it when it comes to movies. :-( Hadn't even heard of The Watchmen, but I have heard of The Soloist and if I *ever* get my derriere out to a movie again, that will be the one I am going to go see. Have the *hugest* crush on Robert Downey Jr. That oud sounds fantastic! High on my list of things to do post imaginary lottery win is to hit Arabian Aoud and satisfy all of my oud cravings. Love the stuff!
I am tragically out of it when it comes to movies. :-( Hadn’t even heard of The Watchmen, but I have heard of The Soloist and if I *ever* get my derriere out to a movie again, that will be the one I am going to go see. Have the *hugest* crush on Robert Downey Jr.

]]> By: Tania http://perfumeposse.com/2009/02/26/oud-rich-oud/#comment-123878 Tania Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:12:09 +0000 http://perfumeposse.com/2009/02/26/oud-rich-oud/#comment-123878 I haven't spent much time in the Arabian Oud shop - I've never been there when I had much money to spend, and I'd feel bad if they wasted their hospitality on a broke person. So I've never actually gotten to the oils. (But I was there last time they had a sale on, and got a bottle of Woody. Silly name, nice perfume! Apparently the block of wood it comes in is agarwood). Anyway, Shah Gold sounds lovely. I must go back some time when I'm feeling flush! So, when you say it's expensive, what kind of number are we talking? /:) And it's part of a set, so you have to buy both oils, I guess? What's the other one like? As for Watchmen, I don't have tickets yet, but I'm definitely going! I only hope they did it proud. The trailers look good, so, fingers crossed. And on a shallower note, have you seen Jeffrey Dean Morgan in his Comedian costume? Damn..... Denny looks gooood in leather.... ;) I haven’t spent much time in the Arabian Oud shop – I’ve never been there when I had much money to spend, and I’d feel bad if they wasted their hospitality on a broke person. So I’ve never actually gotten to the oils. (But I was there last time they had a sale on, and got a bottle of Woody. Silly name, nice perfume! Apparently the block of wood it comes in is agarwood).

Anyway, Shah Gold sounds lovely. I must go back some time when I’m feeling flush! So, when you say it’s expensive, what kind of number are we talking? /:) And it’s part of a set, so you have to buy both oils, I guess? What’s the other one like?

As for Watchmen, I don’t have tickets yet, but I’m definitely going! I only hope they did it proud. The trailers look good, so, fingers crossed.
And on a shallower note, have you seen Jeffrey Dean Morgan in his Comedian costume? Damn….. Denny looks gooood in leather…. ;)

]]> By: Vasily http://perfumeposse.com/2009/02/26/oud-rich-oud/#comment-123866 Vasily Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:19:06 +0000 http://perfumeposse.com/2009/02/26/oud-rich-oud/#comment-123866 I have tried about a dozen pure oud oils (from Oriscent) at this time. Although they do indeed smell "somewhat the same", so do fine brandies or tequilas ... as one gains more experience with them, one comes to appreciate the differences (just as with fine liquors). Some ouds - particularly the Assams and some Chinese - smell strongly of the barnyard, and I find those repulsive and unwearable. Others are strongly medicinal, at least in the top notes, but mellow down nicely over time. I find I'm partial to the ouds of Borneo, New Guinea, and Malaysia. Notes I've found in ouds include: cedar, beeswax, nutty, tomato, plums, caramel, hay, cinnamon, sandalwood, rose. At present I own some samples, and a single 3ml flacon of a great Borneo oud. There are a couple of other Borneo/Malaysian ouds I have my eye on, at present. They're challenging and outrageously expensive, but well worth the effort. I certainly wouldn't invest hundreds of dollars in an oud without knowing something about ouds in general and that specific oud first. I have tried about a dozen pure oud oils (from Oriscent) at this time. Although they do indeed smell “somewhat the same”, so do fine brandies or tequilas … as one gains more experience with them, one comes to appreciate the differences (just as with fine liquors).

Some ouds – particularly the Assams and some Chinese – smell strongly of the barnyard, and I find those repulsive and unwearable. Others are strongly medicinal, at least in the top notes, but mellow down nicely over time. I find I’m partial to the ouds of Borneo, New Guinea, and Malaysia. Notes I’ve found in ouds include: cedar, beeswax, nutty, tomato, plums, caramel, hay, cinnamon, sandalwood, rose. At present I own some samples, and a single 3ml flacon of a great Borneo oud. There are a couple of other Borneo/Malaysian ouds I have my eye on, at present.

They’re challenging and outrageously expensive, but well worth the effort. I certainly wouldn’t invest hundreds of dollars in an oud without knowing something about ouds in general and that specific oud first.

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